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13 May

God Is SO Good!

January 16, 2025
By Chris Anderson

This post by Chris Anderson comes from Gospel Meditations on Creation (Day 5: “How Pleasure Displays God’s Goodness”).Perhaps you’ve heard contrasts like the following: “Christians live for duty; the lost live for pleasure.” Or, “We want to be good; those...

06 May

Devotional Thoughts, Guest Post

Rest for the Weary

January 21, 2025
By Guest Author

This excerpt by Hannah Anderson comes from Gospel Meditations for Mothers (Day 23).The last several weeks have been particularly busy ones, and as a result, I’ve found myself feeling out of sorts, irritable, and generally put upon. You know what...

29 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

A Mother’s Love: God’s Love on Display

January 21, 2025
By Joe Tyrpak

This post by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for Women (Day 11: “God Compares Himself to a Mother”).Throughout the Bible, God (Who is not human, so neither male nor female) consistently reveals Himself as Father rather than Mother, King...

22 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

Dear Graduate, Time Flies!

January 28, 2025
By Chris Anderson

This post by Chris Anderson comes from Gospel Meditations for Young Adults (Day 4: “Time Flies”).I have vivid memories of high school and college. Talks, events, and even smells linger in my mind like they happened yesterday. They didn’t. I’m...

15 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

Facing Fear and Anxiety

January 21, 2025
By Abby Huffstutler

This post by Abby Huffstutler comes from Gospel Meditations on the Psalms (Day 15: “I Know God Is for Me”).Fear is a universal human experience. We like to describe certain exceptionally daring people as “fearless,” but the reality is that...

08 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

A Beautifully Mundane Life

January 21, 2025
By Chris Anderson

This post by Chris Anderson comes from Gospel Meditations for Mothers (Day 4).We live in the day of the superlative. Normalcy is so twentieth century. Everything today must be “hard core” or “radical” or “extreme,” even in the church. (Bonus...

01 Apr

Devotional Thoughts

Are You Exhausted?

April 1, 2024
By Joe Tyrpak

This reading by Joe Tyrpak comes from Gospel Meditations for the Hurting (Day 19), which deals with practical implications of the resurrection of Jesus. Read 1 Corinthians 15 “Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” — 1 Corinthians 15:58 In 1...

29 Mar

Devotional Thoughts

Jesus Was No Victim

August 1, 2024
By Chris Anderson

Stuart Townend calls the day of Jesus’ death “the darkest day.” And it was. It was physically dark, as the very sun refused to shine on the crucifixion of its Maker (Matthew 27:45). And it was morally dark, as a...

28 Mar

Devotional Thoughts

Gethsemane

August 1, 2024
By Chris Anderson

Gethsemane has always stirred my imagination. How could it not?Jesus’ garden prayer took place just moments after He met with the disciples in the upper room. It’s only a 10-minute walk out of the old city, across the ravine that...

27 Mar

Devotional Thoughts

Abhorring All My Sin

March 28, 2024
By Chris Anderson

We are just a few days away from Good Friday, the time when Christians all over the world remember our Savior’s death. While billions will take note of the day, views on Jesus’ crucifixion vary widely. For some, there is nothing...